Rumors

Rumor has it Zach LaVine could make his Chicago Bulls debut sometime in mid-December. From the Chicago Tribune‘s K.C. Johnson: Hoiberg reiterated Zach LaVine is scheduled to be cleared for contact on the West Coast trip. LaVine has been pointing to the Nov. 20 practice in Los Angeles. The goal is for LaVine to play games likely in [...]

When the Phoenix Suns made Eric Bledsoe available—or when they were forced to make him available, whichever way you prefer to say it—two teams stood out as the best potential suitors: The Milwaukee Bucks, and the Denver Nuggets. One of these two, the Bucks, ended up snagging him for what still appears to be pennies [...]

Could we see a change to the NBA draft’s one-and-done rule in the near future? That seems to, apparently, be the plan. Commissioner Adam Silver and NBPA director Michele Roberts have reportedly met with the Commission on College basketball to address the present-day prospect-pageant protocols. Here’s the lowdown, as brought to us by ESPN.com’s all-knowing [...]

Isaiah Thomas still seems on course to beat projections for his return from a hip injury. He was initially supposed to remain on the sidelines until sometime in 2018, but as Bleacher Report’s Howard Beck unearthed while reporting a fantastic piece on LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, the team thinks he might be able [...]

Another one of the Philadelphia 76ers’ core members of “The Process” is about to get paid. Joel Embiid was the first to secure a lucrative extension, albeit one with plenty of complex non-guarantees and performance-based incentives. Robert Covington will follow suit, though his deal will be significantly less absurd-sounding. The 26-year-old became eligible for a [...]

The Utah Jazz aren’t going to let Rudy Gobert’s knee injury go. The superstar big man will miss the next four to six weeks after injuring his knee on Sunday in a loss against the Miami Heat. Contact with Dion Waiters’ was the culprit of his setback, and many have questioned whether the incident included [...]

The Phoenix Suns might be able to move Greg Monroe after all. The big man came over in the Eric Bledsoe trade, and at 27, joining a team with a jillion other bigs on the roster, he doesn’t really fit into the team’s long-term plans. But he has just one year and $17.8 million left [...]

George Hill would be a member of the New York Knicks right now if they didn’t can Phil Jackson before the start of free agency. Probably. From the New York Post‘s Marc Berman: Former Knicks president Phil Jackson had a French vision last summer with point guard George Hill in the middle of it. According to [...]

Don’t expect Luol Deng and the Los Angeles Lakers to part ways anytime soon. We know both sides are looking for a way to dissolve their union. But an amicable solution, or any solution, doesn’t appear to be on the way. A buyout, for the record, is basically out of the question. Deng has two [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ decision to give Timofey Mozgov, now of the Brooklyn Nets, and Luol Deng massive contracts in 2016 free agency is starting to make sense. It remains indefensible, to be sure. They were on the rebuilding track at the time. No one liked Mozgov’s four-year, $64 million pact. He was coming off [...]